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ATTACHMENT FOR'TOBAGGO SMOKING DEVICES. No. 281,430. 4 Patentd Ju1y 17,1883.

WITNESSES (/VVE/VTOR Attorney N. PETERS. Phola-Lilhcgnpheq Wnhmglnn. n.c.

UNITED STATES iPATENT OFFICE. I

JAMES A. BARRY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO THOMASBIRBEOK HARRISON, OF WVASHINGTON, I). O.

ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO-SMOKING DEVICES.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 281,430, dated July17, 1883.

Application filed April 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES ARcHER BARRY, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Tobacco Smoking Devices; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

My improvements relate to a special construction of devices for holdinga cigarette, and which are also capable of being applied to ordinarytobacco-pipes; and they have for their object not only the arrest andabsorption of the nicotine,but also to afford a compact pocket devicewhich, when not in use, may be reduced to asmall compass and carried inones vest-pocket and readily applied for use, and which may also beeasily taken apart and cleansed. My improvements also have otheradvantages, such as the preventing of staining the fingers, and avoidingthe saturating and waste of the end of the cigar or cigarette.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a planview, illustrating my invention as applied to a cigar or cigarette,these figures being enlarged the better to show the construction. Fig. 3shows the invention applied to a pipe.

A is a tube, preferably of glass, though it may be made of metal, hardrubber, or other appropriate material; and its end I) should be of 'asize adapted to receive and hold the unlighted end of a cigar orcigarette, c, as the case may be; and its other end is provided with acap, D, which will be more fully hereinafter described.

E is a smaller tube, preferably made of hard rubber, and adapted to beinserted through the cap D and to extend some distance into the tube A,and to be adjusted to the desired position by means of the exteriorscrew-thread, f, thereon and the interior screw-thread, g, in the shorttube h, which is firmly connected with the cap D and projects inwardlytherefrom, as shown. The outermost end, i, of the small tube E is open,so that it may be used as the mouthpiece in smoking either a cigar orcigarette but its innermost end, k, is closed; but at a short distancefrom this closed end slits, holes, or and suitable small openings, oneor more, as seen at l, are made, and a piece of sponge, s,

or other suitable porous or absorbent material adapted to hold moisture,is secured upon and around this closed end, but not so as to cover'these inlet-holes Z, which should always be free to admit the purifiedsmoke, which, coming from the cigar or cigarette inserted in the end I)of the tube, shall, in being drawn or sucked through the sponge, bepurged or cleansed to a great degree of its nicotine, this latter beingretained by the sponge, which may at any time be taken out and washed orreplaced, as found necessary. The cap D has a rim or perimeter threadedexternally, as shown at m, and whereby it may be screwed to the interiorthread, 12, on the band 0, which is cemented or otherwise secured to'theend of the tube A, such band of course projecting beyond the tube, orotherwise so applied as to permit the cap to be screwed firmly to place.

It will now be seen that the tube E may be caused to project as far asdesired beyond the tube A by simply turning it around in its short tubeor socket h, and that such adjustment does not disturb the relation andrelative positions of the sponge and the orifices Z as the sponge moveswith themovements of the tube E 5 that the central fixed socket, h,serves to keep the tube E not only central and firm, but also preventsits getting out of line or becoming loose, and that when the device isnot in use the smaller tube may be screwed almost entirely into the tubeA, thus not only reducing the compass practically to that of this outertube, but also preventing liability of damage from strain or accidentwhen carrying the device in the pocket.

My invention may be easily adapted for a smoking-pipe, as shown in Fig.3, by inserting the open end of the small tube in the usual cork, p, inthe stem-holder of the pipe. The pipe stein or tube q is then insertedin the end of the large tube A. This, it will be seen, is a merereversed position of the device relatively to the tobacco, and thecourse of the smoke is from the smaller tube to the larger one, andthence through the sponge, being just the converse of that which ittakes when smoking a eigar or cigarette, as above described. In thiscase I find it better and simpler to make the cap or plug which closesthe larger tube integral with the smaller tube, because, as this smallertube is not now used as a mouth-piece, it need not project so far, andtherefore need not be arranged to be screwed into the larger tube tostow it away when not in use.

I clain1- 1. The combination of the outer tube, A, closed at one end,and the inner tube, E, partly inserted therein, closed at its inner endand having perforations in its side, and provided JAMES A. BARRY.

Vitnesses:

E. E. CISSEL, l. H. SLAUGHTER, Jr.

